My ongoing theme is always the truth, as I see it, and the exposure of lies, deception and manipulation wherever they exist. I remain firmly convinced that the world can no longer resist its innate urge to unite and co-operate with one another and we are very close to the point where war can no longer be an option if this transformation is to occur. Website: allenroland.com Email: allen@allenroland.com

Sunday, January 11, 2015

AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH DARK SIDE / DRONE ATTACKS

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America is still exploring Dick Cheney's dark side path of fear
through Drone attacks and that path has led to anger, hate and immense
suffering as well as significant blowback. As a result, we have obviously not
only lost track of who we are but also our moral bearings. Like a Black Hole in
space, unless we begin to explore the path of light and our evolutionary innate
need to love as well as social cooperation and altruism ~ we will eventually be
consumed and destroyed by the dark side: Allen L Roland, Ph.D

President Obama has killed more people with drones than died on
9/11. OnJanuary 06, 2015 as reported in "ICH"
Washington's Blog ~ Law school teacher Marjorie Cohn, president of
the National Lawyers Guild wrote "Obama has killed more
people with drones than died on 9/11. Many of those killed were civilians, and
only a tiny percentage of the dead were al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders."

Guess
what, She is correct .…

Excerpt:

"The Council on Foreign Relations estimates that U.S. drone
strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan have killed 3,674
people.The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
reports that up to 4,404 people
have been killed ~ just in Pakistan and Yemen
alone ~ between 2004 and 2014.While it’s hard to estimate how
many additional people have been killed by drone in Iraq and Afghanistan, a
December 2012 report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that US
and UK forces had carried out over
1,000 drone strikes in Afghanistan over the previous five
years. Given that numerous people are often killed by each drone
strike, it is reasonable to assume that several thousand people have been
killed by drones in that country. And many
Iraqis have also been killed by drones … long before ISIS even appeared on the
scene. So ~
altogether ~ the number of people killed by drones is
probably well above five thousand…..In contrast, under 3,000
people were killed on 9/11…. The West
is intentionally targeting farmers, small-time drug dealers and very low-level Taliban
members with drone assassination.And the
process for deciding who to put on the “kill list” is flawed. People
are often targeted by the metadata on their phones, a process which a former
top NSA official called the drone assassination program “undisciplined
slaughter.”

Make
no mistake it ~ Obama's targeted Drone assassinations are a trip on Cheney's
infamousdark side and we are still on that
path with our current ongoing Drone attacksand
obvious blowback.The White
House let the CIA run wild, under Cheney's directions ~ but more importantly
Obama and the Democrats are letting them get away with it.Marcy Wheeler, ICH,spells it all out~ This Was Dick Cheney's Coup:

Why America's Torture "Reform" Is A Total Sham

Excerpt: " Until you note
that the summary language makes it clear the White House itself
decided to keep the torture program hidden from Powell. Or you read the fine
print that describes how White House counsel Alberto Gonzales first eliminated
any mention of waterboarding from talking points that would be used to brief
the president. Then someone (Cheney) ~ the report doesn’t say who ~ informed
“‘Dr. Rice … that there would be no briefing of the President on this matter,’
but that [CIA Director George Tenet] had policy approval to employ the CIA’s
enhanced interrogation techniques.”… After 9/11, CIA worked together
with the White House to craft a programmatic “Finding” authorizing a
range of counterterrorism policies that would give CIA significant flexibility
in implementing those policies, while giving the White House enhanced
deniability about their conduct …The White House used that “finding” not just
to authorize torture, but also to authorize CIA’s drone-killing of top al-Qaida
officials, a policy Obama expanded…But
aren’t drone strikes targeted attacks on terrorists … unlike 9/11, which was an
attack on civilians? Unfortunately, no …The West is intentionally
targeting farmers, small-time drug dealers and very low-level
Taliban members with drone assassination. And
the process for deciding who to put on the “kill list” is flawed. People
are often targeted by the metadata on their phones, a process which a former
top NSA official called the drone assassination program “undisciplined
slaughter.”And
people are targeted for insanely loose reasons. As the New York Timesreportedin 2012See
article ~ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40657.htm

Mamana Bibi was a 67-year-old Pakistani grandmother and
midwife, killed by a U.S. drone strike on October 24, 2012. One year ago, the
family of Mamana Bibi came to Washington, D.C., to share their sad story with
Members of Congress. Only five Members of Congress came to hear this
family's testimony. Only
five listened to the real impact of one of America's most ruthless,
extrajudicial, error-laden and enemy-producing war policies. The
briefing was organized by both Rep. Alan Grayson, and Director Robert Greenwald.
It was part of their effort to change discourse about drone warfare. It
also led the release of a new drone documentary, Unmanned: America's Drone Wars. The film
told these and other drone victims' stories, focused on the government's
shadowy "signature strike" policy which allowed spy agencies to target and kill
hundreds based on suspicion alone, and posed difficult questions that far too
many lawmakers and national security officials still want to evade or
duck.

Drone warfare is
thinly disguised mental and emotional torture ~ an act of intimidation and
control meant to terrorize and subjugate its victims. It has slid us deeper
into Dick Cheney's dark side of fear and we are losing our soul in the process
~ a risk many Americans are willing to take but not all Americans.

“A drone strike is a terror weapon, we don’t talk about
it that way. It is; just imagine you are walking down the street and you don’t
know whether in 5 minutes there is going to be an explosion across the street
from some place up in the sky that you can’t see. Somebody will be killed, and
whoever is around will be killed, maybe you’ll be injured if you’re there. That
is a terror weapon. It terrorizes villages, regions, huge areas. It’s the most
massive terror campaign going on by a long shot.” ~ Noam Chomsky

Heart centered
spiritual consultant and advisorAllen L Roland can
be contacted atallen@allenroland.com . Allen is also a lecturer and writerwho shares a weekly political and social commentary on hisweb logand
websiteallenroland.com. He is also a featured
columnist on Veterans Today and guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK
onwww.conscioustalk.net

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I'm a disabled active duty Navy veteran who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, survived a dysfunctional family, pursued and lived my dreams, including being a Navy carrier fighter pilot. I found myself by fully opening my heart, wrote three books, sired four children and I'm still living my ultimate dream by making a difference from a place of celebration and service. My 1998 PhD dissertation on the UNIFIED FIELD was chosen by Noetic Science and Common Boundary as one of the top three world finalists on combining psychology and spirituality. I retired from my private practice in 2014, because of my service connected asbestosis related lung disease, and live in Antioch, California but still remain involved as a featured columnist on Veterans Today and heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor ~ particularly with combat veterans with PTSD as well as others with PTHD ( Post Traumatic Heart Disorder).